Single serve blog: Ranker

Lists are the best. Without them, I’d never remember which Thirsty’s bartender pours the strongest (all of them), which ex-boyfriend I’m supposed to never call back (all of them) or which booze I can drink without suffering a hangover the next morning (none of them).

The website Ranker is nothing but lists, ranked by user votes — best superhero movies, pizza toppings, ’90s sitcoms. At Ranker.com you can vote on list items or create your own lists.

As with most ranking websites, there are plenty of terrible ones. No, I don’t care about who you think is the “hottest” Disney princess. Any list with the word “hottest” in the title is going to elicit an eyeroll out of me, unless we’re talking about volcanoes. Because volcanoes are awesome.

While we’re in the spirit of listing, here are my 11 favorite types of cat5 readers:

Out-of-towners who read the whole magazine and still have no idea what they’re looking at;

Bands who don’t see their name in the live music calendar, then yell at me about not being in the live music calendar, despite the fact that they have never sent me gig info;

Tipsy groups of 20- and 30-somethings voting on which of this week’s Street Peeps they would sleep with (Yeah, we know you do that, you dirty birds);

The two of you who email me every Thursday to tell me how awesome I am;

People who send suggestions for bars, restaurants, bartenders, boutiques and bands we should check out — what would we do without you and/or Yelp?

Anyone who actually reads it. Literally anyone.

Toys that come alive when you leave the room;

My editor, who asks me at least once a week if I really thought I’d be able to “slip that one by him” (I did, and sometimes I do);

People who email or Facebook message me to ask what’s going on this weekend. What a coincidence – I actually run a magazine about just such a thing! Read it, maybe?